World War II Museums Show Way To VJ Day-- Part 5: National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

It was new President Harry Truman who ultimately made the decision to drop the atom bombs on two Japanese cities--  Hiroshima and Nagasaki--  in August 1945.  The devastating blasts brought the Japanese around to surrendering.

The impact of unleashing the then-new technology can be seen at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  The atom bomb was developed at the "secret city" of Los Alamos, N.M., and the first test detonation occurred near Almogordo, N.M..

Curator David Hoover says, "We just present the facts.  We let people draw their own conclusions."

--GreGen